Word: test
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...lead to a different situation for men in college. For some time a reading knowledge of Latin has been accepted in place of one of the two modern languages, and in fulfillment of this the Cp 4 admission examination has been accepted in place of the reading knowledge test in college. Now that four years of French or German can be offered before admission, a logical step would permit all the reading knowledge requirements to be anticipated by good grades in the Cp 4 examinations...
...only candidates for honors, of course, who face this examination. But in this particular case, and probably in the case of a similar plan being adopted by other departments of instruction, there attaches to the examination the character of a qualifying test. Passage of this test admits one to the privilege of specialization, and implies a comprehension of a field of study so hastily covered that understanding deeper than that needed for a clever student to pass an examination is a doubtful quantity...
...ordinary man in motion. The acidosis of De Mar's blood remained static while running at an average rate of 5.8 miles per hour, when he consumed 3.5 liters of oxygen per minute and kept a pulse rate of 101. For comparison a non-athlete in the same test consumed 1.5 liters of oxygen a minute, keeping a pulse rate of 192, and lowering by half the acidosis of his blood...
...financier. Last week Secretary Mellon narrowed the gap between himself and Hamilton by laying down certain principles of government: Responsibility. "A stable government must rest upon the confidence of its people. High administrative offices must be en trusted with responsibility and on their good faith, proven by the test of time, the people must rest." The issue which called forth this dictum concerned the above-named Bureau of Internal Revenue. Hot Greek fire has been aimed at it, all during the present session of Congress, be cause of the millions of dollars it was re funding to income-tax payers...
...Holy Cross game will be the acid test for Harvard's quintet. So far it has won four games and lost only one. The single defeat was at the hands of the M. I. T. team, which has an untarnished record so far this season. The Crimson has been further strengthened by the presence of Joseph Bailey '29, who played on his Freshman team, but who has not appeared since because of ineligibility. S. G. Burns '30, in the position of guard, is showing remarkable promise. Burns is one of the two football men who are out, W. R. Harper...